As much as Amazon’s advertising platform has grown in recent years, will it ever surpass Google or Facebook? This week on The Big Story, the AdExchanger team looks at that question, and addresses some of the factors holding Amazon Advertising back – from availability of inventory, availability of data and the usability of its technology. […]
As it prepares for an IPO, Sprinklr made its 12th acquisition Tuesday with the purchase of Nanigans’ performance advertising business for an undisclosed price. Sprinklr will completely absorb Nanigans into its “front office platform,” and it will no longer be available as stand-alone offering. Beyond paid media, Sprinklr connects mar tech to ad tech with […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Brendan Spain, vice president of advertising for the Americas at the Financial Times. The subprime mortgage crisis of 2008 came to a head when mortgage-backed securities that had received AAA ratings were jammed with […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Politically Incorrect Facing major pushback on its policy, Facebook is considering labeling political ads to indicate whether or not they have been fact-checked. Neither Democrats nor Republicans are pleased with the solution, feeling it could hurt their ability to reach and mobilize voters, The […]
Subscribe to AdExchanger Talks on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud or wherever you listen to podcasts. Tom Chavez built two successful ad tech companies (Rapt and Krux) and sold them to two large strategics (Microsoft and Salesforce). In this episode, he talks about those experiences and his new venture studio, Super{set}. Super{set} is not […]
The IAB on Thursday released its California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) compliance framework, the legal and technical mechanism for using ad-targeting data or first-party publisher data in programmatic advertising. It also released a legal agreement meant to accompany the compliance framework. Get it all here. The finished framework comes only two weeks after it first […]
Mobile data company Ogury raised $50 million in Series C funding on Thursday with an eye on international expansion and consumer privacy-related R&D. The round, led by existing investor Idinvest Partners, brings the company’s total funding to $92 million over the last six years, and follows a $21 million extension of its Series B in […]
When Facebook, Google or Instagram approve of an engagement-boosting tactic, they usually describe it with positive words, such as “organic” or “authentic.” Tactics they forbid, however – generally unilaterally and sometimes without warning – are characterized as “unnatural” and whoever uses them is a “schemer” or an “offender.” Most news articles covering these guideline changes unquestioningly adopt […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Matt Greitzer, co-founder at Actable Data. The onslaught of technology companies disrupting the marketing services landscape continues unabated. Despite consolidation – and some capitulation – in advertising technology, the adjacent […]
